The self-perceived communication
competence scale was developed to obtain information concerning how competent
people feel they are in a variety of communication contexts and with a
variety of types of receivers. Early self-report measures of competence
were structured to represent what the creators of the measures felt were
the components of communication competence. This scale is intended to let
the respondent define communication competence. Since people make decisions
with regard to communication (for example, whether they will even do it),
it is their perception that is important, not that of an outside observer.
It is important that users of this measure recognize that this is NOT a
measure of actual communication competence, it is a measure of PERCEIVED
competence. While these two different types of measures may be substantially
correlated, they are not the same thing. This measure has generated good
alpha reliability estimates (above .85) and had strong face validity. It
also has been found to have substantial predictive validity.

Directions: Below are twelve
situations in which you might need to communicate. People's abilities to
communicate effectively vary a lot, and sometimes the same person is more
competent to communicate in one situation than in another. Please indicate
how competent you believe you are to communicate in each of the situations
described below. Indicate in the space provided at the left of each
item your estimate of your competence.

Presume 0 = completely incompetent
and 100 = competent.

_____1. Present a talk to a group of
strangers.

_____2. Talk with an acquaintance.

_____3. Talk in a large meeting of
friends.

_____4. Talk in a small group of strangers.

_____5. Talk with a friend.

_____6. Talk in a large meeting of
acquaintances.

_____7. Talk with a stranger.

_____8. Present a talk to a group of
friends.

_____9. Talk in a small group of acquaintances.

_____10. Talk in a large meeting of
strangers.

_____11. Talk in a small group of friends.

_____12. Present a talk to a group
of acquaintances.

Scoring: To compute the
subscores, add the percentages for the items indicated and divide the total
by the number indicated below.

Public
1 + 8 + 12; divide by 3.

Meeting
3 + 6 + 10; divide by 3.

Group
4 + 9 + 11; divide by 3.

Dyad
2 + 5 + 7; divide by 3.

Stranger
1 + 4 + 7 + 10; divide by 4.

Acquaintance
2 + 6 + 9 + 12; divide by 4.

Friend
3 + 5 + 8 + 11; divide by 4.

To compute the total SPCC score, add
the subscores for Stranger, Acquaintance, and Friend. Then, divide
that total by 3.